My 'Bug Out Kit' Build

[KevDen2005]

So you think it's okay to drink water from any natural source without some type of filtration ? I'm not talking about stored water.

I would still clean/purify the water in some way, unless it is absolute emergency and there are no other choices

[flan7211]

Big+ for the guys' comments above. Quick suggestion, I keep at a bare minimum 3 ways to make fire and purify water in my bag. I have a water pump, iodine pills, and a small pot to boil. For fire I keep 8 lighters, 10 books of matches, fire starter sticks, and flint. Just my 2 cents.

[Irving]

So you think it's okay to drink water from any natural source without some type of filtration ? I'm not talking about stored water.

Nooooo, I never said without filtration. I was just making the point that water can't go bad, just get dirty.

[rbeau30]

Big+ for the guys' comments above. Quick suggestion, I keep at a bare minimum 3 ways to make fire and purify water in my bag. I have a water pump, iodine pills, and a small pot to boil. For fire I keep 8 lighters, 10 books of matches, fire starter sticks, and flint. Just my 2 cents.

I was thinking the same thing... Water, and Fire are pretty high on the list of surviving neccessities, so I am thinking I would "nest" several ways of starting fires. For example on my person I always have a lighter. On my "grab and go" bags that is will be pretty much accessible at all times I'll have some sort of flint or magnesium starter, and for the big kit will be matches/another flint firestarter, etc.

For water filtration probably in the small kit I will have more Iodine tablets, and/or smaller filtration system (straw type, etc) since they are compact and things. In my larger kit I'll have the pump/more tablets/and a boiling vessel that can be dual utilized to boil/cook/reconstitute food.

[StagLefty]

Time for my Monday morning ESEE kool aid -this is a great fire starter kit from them.Waterproof container with cotton balls and petroleum jelly packed inside,compass inside top, and going gear striker. Has not failed me yet to get a fire going.

[rbeau30]

That is an awesome lookin tool StagLefty!

[StagLefty]

Here's a link if your interested. You can use a knife for a striker but I prefer not to and bought some strikers from goinggear.com.
http://www.knivesshipfree.com/produc...oducts_id=3549

[KevDen2005]

Here's a link if your interested. You can use a knife for a striker but I prefer not to and bought some strikers from goinggear.com.
http://www.knivesshipfree.com/produc...oducts_id=3549

Ordered one before I went to bed this morning.

And yes, after a long night's work I look at coar-15 before I go to bed.

[rbeau30]

Ordered one before I went to bed this morning.

And yes, after a long night's work I look at coar-15 before I go to bed.

As do I... My days are 13+ hours. ahh well pays the bills.

[KevDen2005]

As do I... My days are 13+ hours. ahh well pays the bills.

Can't go to bed without checking the forum though, it helps me sleep better